Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-10
Ex-coNFEDERArE's SPEECH.
lFrom the Intelligencer.l


from the Intsiligcncer.l
1t is due to the Confederate sur
viyors that their brother survivors
of the North understand them. /
write for this sole purpose. The
Democratic party is controlled BY
Office seekers, as your party has
been. 1t is time for the people to
speak. They did speak al Wheel
ing, and they spoke with no uncer-
tain sound.
The affair at Wheeling has vast
deal OF meaning. The soldiers there
were representative men. They re-
fused to go under the flag, In the
hands, SO to speak, of the President.
Just what the confederates did, on
larger scale, in 1862. They had a.
perfect right to refuse to go under
the flag, as means and very pointed
way of expressing their disap proba-
ton and condemnation OF the policy
and official conduct of the powers
that be, or rather the President.
AS Confederate and speaking
for the Confederate soldiers, l don't
propose to allow those who we're not
with us to represent a sentiment
which they will never understand.
We, the Confederate soldiers, be-.
lieve the people have the right In
their own way to make known their
disapproval of the acts OF q Presi-
dent, Congress or anybody else.
There are not, nor have there
ever been, any people who did not
exercise this right. The Romans
killed their obnoxious Emperor.
The Greeks banlshed their obnoxi-
Gus rulers. The Russians killed
their tyrannical Cars, and now the
most enlightened people, the Eng
lish, French and Germans, instead
of killing their obnoxious rulers, ex-
press their condemnation by appro-
prious demonstrations. But the other
day when Lord Salisbury and
others, the representatives Of the
British Government, appeared on a
public occasion they we're booted
and jeered by the people.
ARE AMERICANS LESS FREEf
Are the Americans less free than
the Englishf Have they not the
right to do as much 7 To deny
them this right is to enslave them.
Their very instincts teach them they
have this right and they intend to
use it wherever and whenever they
J please. To call such demonstrations
/ partisan is ridiculous. It is wise for
the people to let their rulers know
what they are thinking ofthem, and
the popular opinion can be nowhere
effectuaIIy expressed as when the
people meet in large masses. We
do not propose to take counsel from
hungry politicians seeking Office, or
from timid upstairs with their liv-
cried henchmen, from bond holders,
usurers, or snobs as TO the manner
in which we will make known our
opinions for or against any measure,
man or thing.
A POPULAR REVOLT AGAINsT
CLEVELAND.
Every thinking man must see
plainly that the demonstration at
Wheeling was bat the manifestation
of the popular sentiment Of federal
soldiers, without distinction ofparty,
i venture to say, and that very
large portion OF the socalled Union
people of the country is in sympa-
thy with that sentiment. III the
Democratic party is wise it viii take
warning from this demonstration at
Wheeling. 1t was a revolt against
Mr.. Cleveland, the President. Just
as our refusal to 60 under
the flag stretched across the street
II speak in metaphor) when Mr..
Lincoln was about TO be inaugural
ed President.
We were not revolving against Mr..
Lincoln. No, never. We had moth
ing against him. We we're not 70.
Voting against the flag. We res
pected it. On and around it was
glory and grandeur. II was the EN-.
bIem Of the rights Of man, OF every.
thing great and Just. On IL was
written by the great Southern Reb-
els, Jefferson and Washington,
"Revere it understandingly.r
GOV. WILSON REPRESENTED AS A
CONFEDERATE CHAMPION.
/ The remarks Of Governor Foraker
may have been IN bad taste, bat we,
the Confederate soldiers, are gratifi-
ed to know that the reply to him
did not come from as; nay, not
even from one ofoHr camp followers.
We know how 70 maintain our dig
nifty and sslErespect; we know that
the children Of the men who abuse
rs will in another generation see
things differently. We tough. for
our rights under the Constitution az
we understood them. We would
have fought anybody that assaiied
them just as readily as We fought
the Northern 2eo9 PIE. We fought
for the supremacy and gIandeGr 81
enr race IN America, asd We fran
ed government TO that end. We
did not fight for digUniOn. We did